Life without a STRATEGY

Stressed out running your business or organisation? Recognising you don’t have enough time for other things in life, like family? Or just feeling out of control? Maybe you’ve never stopped to think about the direction you want to go in. Or never believed you had any choice.

Having a strategy sounds like being tied down to a plan. As Eisenhower may have said, “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.” So we convince ourselves there is no good purpose in wasting time writing a strategic plan.

Eisenhower again: “Planning is everything, plans are nothing.” Now this I Read More...

Where do you start?

“Excellence in performance and in life begins with a vision of where you want to go and a commitment to do what it takes to get there.” These words open Terry Orlick’s masterful book In Pursuit of Excellence in which he describes the mental skills and positive thinking required to Read More...

The Leaders First scheme provides financial support to develop valuable strategic skills to drive your business forward. A grant of £1000 is available! Public sector, private and charitable organisations can apply.

What’s involved?

You want to be the best? Struggling with vision, or finding the right Read More...